Leaf 11. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, French, Starvation, Butchers, Dandies, French, Meat, and Clothing & dress
A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, French, Starvation, Butchers, Dandies, French, Meat, and Clothing & dress
A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, French, Starvation, Butchers, Dandies, French, Meat, and Clothing & dress
"Social satire; a tall thin man with a tasselled tricorn hat in one hand and wearing a sword, wig, buckled shoes and rings on both hands steps forward towards a large lady with a wreath in her hair, beauty spots, several rings, a cupid's bow and arrow...
"Bonaparte (left) and Cornwallis play chess. Bonaparte, not caricatured, alert and military, wearing his large plumed cocked hat, leans forward, pointing to his move; his left arm lies on the table and in his left hand is his sheathed sabre. He says: ...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 9th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Subject (Topic):
Generals, French, English, Chess, Daggers & swords, and Hats
"A wild affray round a circular gaming-table seen at close range, only the heads and shoulders of those on the nearer side of the table being visible. An angry military officer wearing a cocked hat, with an empty wallet on the table before him, leans ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1790 by Wm. Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Fighting, Gambling, Handguns, Men, French, Military uniforms, and British
Political satire: With billows of smole behind it, a skeleton holding a noose and pointing to his eye dances to the left of Napoleon who stands pointing at it. In the right background is a gallows with a group of soliders standing in the distance belo...
Alternative Title:
Pair of specticals easely seen through and Pair of spectacles easily seen through
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 17 June 1813 by T. Tegg, Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Skeletons, Nooses, Gallows, Soldiers, French, and Smoke
Political satire: With billows of smole behind it, a skeleton holding a noose and pointing to his eye dances to the left of Napoleon who stands pointing at it. In the right background is a gallows with a group of soliders standing in the distance belo...
Alternative Title:
Pair of specticals easely seen through and Pair of spectacles easily seen through
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 17 June 1813 by T. Tegg, Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Skeletons, Nooses, Gallows, Soldiers, French, and Smoke
"A corner of the opera house. A dancer is poised on her right toe, while she leans forward, both arms extended, her left leg extended horizontally towards the audience. Her head is turned full-face. Those in the pit are peering under her skirt, which,...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. May 7, 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Dancers, French, Performances, Opera houses, and Theatrical productions
"Turkish soldiers, scattered over a wide parade-ground, are being instructed in squads, groups, and as individuals, by French officers. In the foreground a Turkish potentate, the Sultan or perhaps the Grand Vizier, leans against the stump of a tree, ...
Description:
Title engraved below image, in two lines.
Publisher:
Published April 3rd, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808
Subject (Topic):
Austro-Turkish War, 1788-1790, Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, Black people, Clothing & dress, Turkish, Daggers & swords, Hats, Forts & fortifications, Military inspections, Military officers, French, Military training, Military uniforms, Pipes (Smoking), Tableware, Rifles, Soldiers, and Enslaved people
"Napoleon, pushing an officer before him through a pillared doorway, looks back to speak to a monk and a sansculotte, shackled together, who drag a car in which is an imperial crown. They hold a large scroll inscribed: 'Most religious Sovereign - the ...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress above image.
Publisher:
Published by L. Mayer, as the act directs and Bryer, printer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, French, Monks, Flags, Ethnic stereotypes, Shackles, Crowns, Columns, Demons, and Maps
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon, scarcely caricatured, stands in the centre of the design, pointing with left forefinger to a pile of cannon-balls in the right foreground inscribed 'Forse, meat Balls for the Lads of Paris'. Just behind him, and emerging from clouds, stand ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, Devil, Skeletons ., Death, Soldiers, Italian, and French
A French man stands in profile to the right in front of his upturned chair, his hand on his protruding belly as if in pain, as an older woman sits at the table refilling his tea cup. A young woman stands behind the woman at the table, smiling behind a...
Alternative Title:
English manners and French politeness
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Etiquette, Foreign visitors, French, Manners and customs, and Tea parties
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st Jany. 1778.
Call Number:
Bunbury 778.01.01.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Grand Tourists: scene outside an inn in France, with a sign reading "Poste Royale", where a young English gentleman, holding a copy of "[Lord] Chesterfield's Letters", arrives with his tutor. He is greeted by the smiling inkeeper wearing la...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Ethnic stereotypes, Education, Taverns (Inns), Clergy, Tutoring, Servants, Boots, Whips, Postillions, and French
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.27.05++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Grand Tourists: scene outside an inn in France, with a sign reading "Poste Royale", where a young English gentleman, holding a copy of "[Lord] Chesterfield's Letters", arrives with his tutor. He is greeted by the smiling inkeeper wearing la...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 27th, 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Ethnic stereotypes, Education, Taverns (Inns), Clergy, Tutoring, Servants, Boots, Whips, Postillions, and French
Eleven views in three rows, arranged around a larger central image of "A view of the island of St. Helena"; the ten smaller views, four in the top row, two in the middle row, and four in the third row, show images of various boats, ships and other sai...
Alternative Title:
View of the island of Saint Helena
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Helena
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Sailing ships, Warships, British, and French
"Three men stand in the doorway of the coach-house of a posting inn, through which is seen the courtyard with a post-chaise. The elderly French postilion (left) drinks from a large tankard, holding bones and meat in his left hand. He is caricatured; h...
Alternative Title:
A wet on the road and English and French postillions
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"Three volunteers or militiamen, three-quarter length figures, exult at the head of Bonaparte which one of them (right) holds up on a pitchfork, saying, "Here he is Exalted my Lads 24 Hours after Landing." The head is in profile to the left, the sharp...
Alternative Title:
Levée en masse, or, Britons strike home and Britons strike home
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 6th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Soldiers, British, French, Militias, Pitchforks, Heads (Anatomy), Decapitations, and War casualties
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 1791]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 4 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A portrait of the French Protestant Minister, Andre Lortie, shown half-length. He is wearing the clothing of a clergyman and holds open a book. The background includes a curtain and the outline of a landscape view. Unfinished portrait with only the f...
Description:
Inscription in ink on verso: A facsimile from the most rare original messotinto in the collection of the Honble Horatio Walpole at Strawberry Hill Nov. 3rd 1791 by Mr Harding and J:B?
Bonvallet, L. (Louis), approximately 1748-1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1785]
Call Number:
785.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in rural France: A farmer holding onto a plow drawn by a team of oxen, shepherds with their sheep, and a man fishing in a stream, all look up in astonishment at the air balloon overhead. This print references the third flight of Jean-Pierre Bl...
Alternative Title:
Premier passager aerien de la mer and Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, pensioné du roi, citoyen de Calais
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Basset rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809. and Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z,&). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descript...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z, &). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descrip...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z,&). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descript...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A Spaniard using his sword as a walking stick and capering with satisfaction, leads a procession along a country road to a building inscribed "Inquisition." He is followed by a happy looking Frenchman who pulls George III on a rope tied around the Kin...
Alternative Title:
Blessed are the peacemakers
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by E. Dashery [sic], Feby. 24 1783 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
"Britannia, tall and powerful, holds Napoleon across her knee, and raises a birch rod to thrash his bleeding posterior. She wears Roman draperies, with corslet and plumed helmet. The rod is tied with a ribbon inscribed: 'United Kingdoms'. She says: "T...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 13th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Britannia (Symbolic character), Spanking, Warships, and French
Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
Description:
Titles etched below each image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
"A sequel to British Museum Satires No. 10518, Gillray's 'Tiddy-Doll'. Napoleon, haggard and desperate, wearing tattered uniform without the former apron and sword, walks in profile to the left, carrying on his head a large tray. On this stand three g...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 21st, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860
Subject (Topic):
Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Military uniforms, French, Baked products, Trays, Kings, Queens, Crowns, Scepters, Miters, Liberty cap, Flags, Brooms & brushes, Birds of prey, Bodies of water, and Cliffs
Scene of men chopping, hewing, and carrying wood, with two figures embracing at center. In the lower right corner, a woman feeds a baby whose foot a seated man kisses; another young child leans on the woman. The scene is set among trees with fronds an...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +116: Imperfect: bled at foot, with loss of fourth line of text and publisher's statement. Watercolor hand-coloring.
Publisher:
Chez Bulla, rue St. Jacques No. 38 et chez Ladvocat, Libraire, palais Royal, galerie de bois, Nos. 197 et 198
Scene of men chopping, hewing, and carrying wood, with two figures embracing at center. In the lower right corner, a woman feeds a baby whose foot a seated man kisses; another young child leans on the woman. The scene is set among trees with fronds an...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +116: Imperfect: bled at foot, with loss of fourth line of text and publisher's statement. Watercolor hand-coloring.
Publisher:
Chez Bulla, rue St. Jacques No. 38 et chez Ladvocat, Libraire, palais Royal, galerie de bois, Nos. 197 et 198
Admiral de Grasse stands up to his waist in a large barrel, saying "I shall never more love the Englishmen's sugar and gunpowder." On the left stands an English naval officer with cutlass in hand, and on the right an English sailor. Refers to De Grass...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Rich, at the little Print Shop opposite Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street and Pubd. by J. Barrow
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Subject (Topic):
Barrels, Admirals, French, Military officers, British, Sailors, and Military uniforms
A political cartoon with 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Draque - Ambassadeur de la Cour ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
History, National emblems, French, Roosters, Conspiracy, Enemies, and Faces
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, and French
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, and French
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-W). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chéreau
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, and French
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, and French
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, and French
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-W). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chéreau
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, and French
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-X). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptio...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, and French
"The interior of a tent. Duroc, in his shirt, lies supported by a soldier on a wooden bed, while Napoleon (right) holds his right hand, turning away (to the right) and covering his face with his left hand. An officer stands solicitously beside the Emp...
Alternative Title:
Dramatic effect, or, The death of General Duroc, Death of Genl. Duroc, and Death of General Duroc
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 9th, 1813, by Wm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street
Subject (Name):
Duroc, Géraud Christophe Michel, duc de Frioul, 1772-1813 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Generals, French, Military officers, Soldiers, Military camps, Deathbeds, War casualties, Wounds & injuries, and Medicines
"Dumouriez, followed by a tall and ragged sansculotte, marches aggressively towards a low barricade (left), behind which are frog-soldiers presenting their bayonets at the invaders. Dumouriez, foppishly dressed in regimentals, but with bare legs, his ...
Alternative Title:
Dumourer and his aid du camp on full march and Dumourer and his aide du camp on full march
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. March 13, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806., Dumouriez, Charles François Du Périer, 1739-1823, Miranda, Francisco de, 1750-1816, and France. Convention nationale.
Subject (Topic):
Neerwinden, Battle of, Neerwinden, Belgium, 1793, History, Campaigns, Foreign public opinion, British, Foreign relations, Sansculottes, Candles, Dandies, French, Frogs, Military uniforms, and Seals (Insignia)
"design in two groups, one (left) representing the past, the other (right) the present. A Dutchman personifying the Dutch Republic, threatened by Spain (left) kneels, hat in hand, before a military officer representing England, imploring help. He says...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Dutch, Caricatures and cartoons, French, Spaniards, Caricatures and cartons, Americans, Indians of North America, and Clothing & dress
Trial proof of the portrait of French sculptor Edme Bouchardon, half-length, sitting in armchair, head turned to right; in oval frame, on pedestal, with sculptor's tools; state with face only lightly sketched in, before any lettering
"Portrait of French sculptor Edme Bouchardon, half-length, sitting in armchair, head turned to right; in oval frame, on pedestal, with sculptor's tools"--British Museum online catalogue
On the left under the title "England" a bear sits at a table enjoying a hearty meal of roast beef and plum pudding while across from him sits a frog in a French uniform with a sword at his waist, a plate of only sauce before him and two turnips to the...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Sold by [...]
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Bears, Eating & drinking, Frogs, National emblems, British, and French
Title from letterpress text below image, in Spanish.
Publisher:
Printed by Harding and Wright ...
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Enghien, Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, duc d', 1772-1804, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Wright, John Wesley, 1769-1805, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Devil, Pitchforks, Flags, French, Globes, Daggers & swords, Liberty cap, Roosters, Crucifixes, and Hourglasses
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First panel: Fieschi, an obese man holding a small glass and a cigar, is slumped down in a chair in front of a table on which a bowl of "infernal soup" sits; an officer and a monk stand over him; second panel: Beresford kneels and prays to a tall demo...
Description:
Titles from item.
Publisher:
G. Drake
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Fieschi, Joseph, 1790-1836 and Beresford, James, 1764-1840
"Two designs placed side by side, the title so arranged that 'The Contrast' applies to both, the first four and last two words to the two designs respectively. [1] A scene outside Jaffa where the French flag flies from a fort on a rock at whose base a...
Alternative Title:
Contrast to English humanity
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 13, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Tents, Military medicine, Sick persons, Soldiers, Physicians, Opium, Military officers, Prisoners of war, Turkish, British, Physical restraints, and Axes
A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
France. Armée
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
France. Armée
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
"Five members of the Opposition watch with admiring surprise 'Ombres Chinoises': figures whose shadows are thrown on a sheet or screen, the scene enclosed in a circle: three fat Dutchmen seated on the sea advance directly towards the spectators. On th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):
Navies, Dutch, Soldiers, French, Cannons, Trumpets, Drums, Flags, Liberty cap, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Five members of the Opposition watch with admiring surprise 'Ombres Chinoises': figures whose shadows are thrown on a sheet or screen, the scene enclosed in a circle: three fat Dutchmen seated on the sea advance directly towards the spectators. On th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):
Navies, Dutch, Soldiers, French, Cannons, Trumpets, Drums, Flags, Liberty cap, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Five members of the Opposition watch with admiring surprise 'Ombres Chinoises': figures whose shadows are thrown on a sheet or screen, the scene enclosed in a circle: three fat Dutchmen seated on the sea advance directly towards the spectators. On th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):
Navies, Dutch, Soldiers, French, Cannons, Trumpets, Drums, Flags, Liberty cap, and Pipes (Smoking)
Page 181. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
French officer and English alehouse man and Officer francois / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a five of clubs playing card (60 x 86 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: Officer francois, by Miss Conway.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, French, Ethnic stereotypes, Drinking vessels, and Obesity
"Six French émigrés are grouped at the roadside beside a signpost (right) pointing (left) to 'London' and (right) to 'Dover'. A lean and elderly woman holding a clipped poodle stands with her left hand in the arm of a man wearing a cocked hat with a...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"A mounted officer with drawn sabre heads a procession of 'Volunteers' linked by a chain to his horse and to each other. The horse is a well-bred animal with handsome trappings, but the rider is lean and has torn breeches. He is followed by a file of ...
Description:
Title etched in top part of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 25th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Soldiers, French, and Starvation
"A mounted officer with drawn sabre heads a procession of 'Volunteers' linked by a chain to his horse and to each other. The horse is a well-bred animal with handsome trappings, but the rider is lean and has torn breeches. He is followed by a file of ...
Description:
Title etched in top part of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 25th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Soldiers, French, and Starvation
"A newly invented French telegraph (semaphore) stands on the coast, with the head of Fox, in back view but looking to the right with a fiercely determined expression. The crossbeam represents his arms and the arms of the semaphore; the raised right ha...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Lanterns, Ships, and Telegraph
"A newly invented French telegraph (semaphore) stands on the coast, with the head of Fox, in back view but looking to the right with a fiercely determined expression. The crossbeam represents his arms and the arms of the semaphore; the raised right ha...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Lanterns, Ships, and Telegraph
"General Theobald Dillon (three-quarter length) is being murdered by French soldiers, ruffianly fellows, most of whom wear cocked hats with a tricolour cockade. He is pierced with many bayonets, and his throat is cut; his head is dragged backwards by ...
Alternative Title:
National troops' attachment to their general after their defeat at Tournay
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. May 12, 1792, by S.W. Fores, 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Dillon, Theobald, 1745-1792. and Society of the Friends of the People (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Assassinations, Tournai, Belgium, Battle of, 1745, Black people, Soldiers, French, and War casualties
A line of seven figures all caricatured with animalistic features, marching right to left, shown full-length. The first character blows a horn, carries a violin and bow in his hands and on a string around his waist another horn with smoke coming out ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Royalists, History, Animals in human situations, Baskets, Cannons, Hand tools, Musical instruments, Soldiers, and French
A fat English military officer resembling George III marches behind a thin French officer also resembling Louis XVI pulling the latter's queue and kicking him in the rear. Possibly a reference to Rodney's 1782 naval victory over the French
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, France., France, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Kicking, Military uniforms, British, and French
Portrait of Isaac de Benserade, bust-length, looking to right, with long wig, in oval; illustration from Perrault's 'Les Hommes illustres' (Paris, Dezallier, 1696-1700), volume II.--British Museum online catalogue
"Portrait of French playwright Molière, after Bourdon; three-quarter length, sitting at desk, directed to left, hands folded on table, wearing long curled wig and loose-fitting gown; in rectangular frame, with spread wings and ivy in upper part, and a...
Alternative Title:
Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
Description:
Title from from text within cartouche at top of image.
As the result of the Convention of Cintra, French general Junot is shown vomiting, with great effort, a large booty of gold coins, candlesticks, church plate, watches, and other valuables while a Portuguese kneeling in front of him attempts to catch a...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 17, 1808 by R. Ackermann, N 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Junot, Jean Andoche, duc d'Abrantès, 1771-1813.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Convention of Cintra, Military officers, French, Military uniforms, Vomiting, and War destruction & pillage
A very thin, fobbish man with a walking stick tucked under his arm, walks down a staircase, smelling the tip of his finger (one of a sub-series of the Five Senses)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libre., rue du Coq, no. 15
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, French, Odors, Staffs (Sticks), and Stairways
"French soldiers are being cooked or drowned in a big round vat built of stone, under which a fire is burning. Blücher (left) and Wellington (right) stand over the vat, holding long-handled perforated ladles with which they skim the surface of the wat...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Cerberus (Greek mythology), Cooking utensils, Generals, French, Military officers, Prussian, Soldiers, and Vats
"Satire on the French and on fashion ...: a postillion with a long queue drives a cabriolet to the right in which is a macaroni and footman, both with elaborate hairstyle; the macaroni bows to another, behind, who carries a parasol; a dog runs beside ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, French, Vehicles, Coach drivers, Servants, Umbrellas, and Dogs
"Satire on the French and on fashion ...: a postillion with a long queue drives a cabriolet to the right in which is a macaroni and footman, both with elaborate hairstyle; the macaroni bows to another, behind, who carries a parasol; a dog runs beside ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, French, Vehicles, Coach drivers, Servants, Umbrellas, and Dogs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1773]
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.01.01.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 49. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length view of a young, French macaroni in profile facing left, stands beside a donkey whose reins he holds in his right hand. On the left, a dog jumps at the pair
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1, 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 49. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length view of a young, French macaroni in profile facing left, stands beside a donkey whose reins he holds in his right hand. On the left, a dog jumps at the pair
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1, 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Scene set in a landscape dotted with palm trees, mountains and water in background. At center are two men embracing, two other men with hands clasped, a woman holding a baby, and a dog. Around these figures are men hewing, chopping wood, and plowing. ...
Description:
Title and publication statement engraved below image. Artist name from M.P. Kelsey, Engraved prints of Texas, 1554-1900, p. 400.
Publisher:
À l'Imprie. Lithogque. de C. Motte, rue des Marais
"Napoleon (left) and Joseph sit side by side on low seats or stools, both with a hand on each knee. They have large, elongated heads broadly caricatured (as in British Museum Satires No. 10604, &c.) and look sideways at each other with drawn-down mout...
Alternative Title:
King Nap and King Joe in the dumps
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1808 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, French, Hats, Stools, Robes, Crowns, and Scepters
"A boarding party on the deck of a French ship engaged in a furious mêlée. Mr. B. lunges forward, piercing an officer through the heart with his sword. A burly sailor stretches over his head to strike aside a spear which a Frenchman is about to plunge...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Naval warfare, Ships, French, Sailors, and British
